I mentioned a while back that I was on jury duty. Well, the trial ended yesterday, and I can talk about the trial all I want... OK, here was the basics of it. It was these three families who were suing two big corporations. What these corportations were doing was seismic testing for oil and gas reserves. Basically, a company will dig holes in the ground (these were 80 feet deep), drop some type of explosive in the ground (in this case, pentalite, a stronger form of dynamite), then set off that explosive, which emits sound waves into the ground. Based on the readings of these sound waves, they determine whether or not the ground is drillable for oil and gas. Well, these homeowners claimed that this seismic testing damaged their foundations and water wells, and were suing to get damages back. One of the ladies also had "mental anguish" as a complaint, but that was thrown out. To make a long story short, it was a rather boring trial with lots of really technical stuff about geophysics and foundations and water well drilling. After an hour and a half of deliberation, we found in favor of the defendants (the big companies) After seven days of all that trial, I NEVER want to hear the following words as long as I live crack slab foundation seismic geophone engineer concrete water well ------------------ If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding!!
And for jury duty, how much do they pay per day? Isn't it something ridiculous like 12 bucks?! What up with that?! ------------------ Whatever you want to do, you have to do something else first.
I guess they didn't prove their case. Could it be that the explosives did cause the damage they say but they were just unable to prove their case? Or were they way off base, they had these problems anyway, and were just looking to pull a scam? Surf ------------------
I don't see where you laid a foundation for your decision, perhaps it was due to the crack foreman of the jury. Did he engineer the verdict? Did y'all discuss this over a breakfast of eggs and a slab of bacon? Did he drive a geo that had a car phone? Did he use his geo phone to call anyone during the trial? I am sure this trial would not even register on a seismic scale. I'll stop now as I am thirsty and need a drink of water, well anyway, glad to hear your duty is over. ------------------
I heard about someonee smoking crack on a slab foundation. The dude said he had a high of seismic proportions. The dude was so messed up he called an engineer on a geophone. He told the guy his crack was in a concrete water well and need help getting it back. Weird. thanks for the inspiration bobrek, rH ------------------ The Psychedelic Groove House of Rockets Basketball Love! Come and chat with us on game nights in CC.net chat!
You guys are making me laugh!! Thanks for cheering me up on this dreary, wet, long Friday stuck in an office. Surf ------------------
Thanks, guys...It's nice to know I can always count on you for a little positive inspiration and encouragement Now, where's my gun? ------------------ If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding!!
A-Train: Was this the case involving citizens from League City? ------------------ Behad Sergeant at Arms of the Clutch BBS
